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...straight to the pharmacist's computer. Given the rapid increase in drugs with similar names, it's a technology that could save medical careers, not to mention lives. Last week in West Texas, a court ordered cardiologist Ramachandra Kolluru to pay $225,000 to the family of a heart patient who died after receiving the wrong medication. He got Plendil instead of Isordil, because the pharmacist couldn't read what Kolluru had ordered...
...However, the album does not leave one feeling cheated. A song less typical of STP's musical range, "Atlanta," rewards the patient listener. "Atlanta" weaves Weiland's vocals with beautiful accompaniment. The sound of the words in harmony with the rest of the band creates a pleasant, self-reflective surprise. One can only hope that more songs like "Atlanta" come out of the studio...
...possible, he wondered, for someone to be there and yet not be there, to be awake and yet not be awake, to be aware of his surroundings and at the same time be oblivious to them? The more Damasio puzzled over what had happened to the patient during an epileptic seizure, the more he felt compelled to confront a much larger question: What is it about the human brain and its networks of neurons that give rise to consciousness...
...demonstration of the cingulate cortex's importance to consciousness, Damasio recalls a patient he calls L. After a comparatively minor stroke, she became bedridden, lying utterly still and mute for six months even though her physical condition seemed to suggest she could have resumed her daily life. During her ordeal, she later told Damasio, she felt absolutely no desire to speak or move. "Her mind," he says, "had not been imprisoned in the jail of her immobility. Instead it appeared that there had not been much mind at all, and nothing that would resemble consciousness." It turned out that...
...WATCH Last week Aetna and Humana got slammed with class actions for failing to disclose bonuses given to doctors and claims reviewers who kept costs down by restricting patient care. More cases are expected, particularly if Congress allows malpractice suits against HMOs. Meanwhile, HMOs are planning to raise their premiums an average 11% next year, following this year's 6% increase, according to a Sherlock Co. survey. Although HMOs usually scale back these increases, why such a big initial hike? HMOs cite higher drug costs, for one thing, not to mention lawyers' fees...